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ninty · 02-25-2005, 06:07 PM

Hey i'm with ya out there in the snow man! -20C over this weekend, not quite as bad as -30C, but still pretty cold. We were lucky though, we got to sleep inside in barracks because this was a range exercise, not a winter extercise. OUr winter ex last month is was only -5C so I guess we got lucky.

Exercise HEAVY METAL 18-20 February 2005

An annual training event for The Calgary Highlanders is Exercise HEAVY METAL, held in Wainwright. The training is geared towards live firing of the support weapons found in an infantry company, as time and ammunition permit. In past years, this exercise has included weapons ranging from the 60mm mortar to the .50 calibre machine gun. Other weapons with which the Highlanders live fired during HEAVY METAL 2005 included the C6 general purpose machine gun, the M203 grenade launcher, and the sub-calibre inserts for the 84mm SRAAW (Carl Gustav anti-armour weapon).

The new Tactical Vest (TV) was worn in the field for the first time by the unit.

[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm001.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm002.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm003.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm004.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm005.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm006.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm007.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm008.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm009.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm010.jpg[/img]

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	02-25-2005, 06:07 PM Hey i'm with ya out there in the snow man! -20C over this weekend, not quite as bad as -30C, but still pretty cold. We were lucky though, we got to sleep inside in barracks because this was a range exercise, not a winter extercise. OUr winter ex last month is was only -5C so I guess we got lucky. Exercise HEAVY METAL 18-20 February 2005 An annual training event for The Calgary Highlanders is Exercise HEAVY METAL, held in Wainwright. The training is geared towards live firing of the support weapons found in an infantry company, as time and ammunition permit. In past years, this exercise has included weapons ranging from the 60mm mortar to the .50 calibre machine gun. Other weapons with which the Highlanders live fired during HEAVY METAL 2005 included the C6 general purpose machine gun, the M203 grenade launcher, and the sub-calibre inserts for the 84mm SRAAW (Carl Gustav anti-armour weapon). The new Tactical Vest (TV) was worn in the field for the first time by the unit. [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm001.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm002.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm003.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm004.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm005.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm006.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm007.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm008.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm009.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2005events/hm010.jpg[/img]